Thai PM to pay official visit to Myanmar

Thai PM to pay official visit to Myanmar
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will pay an official visit to Myanmar in order to strengthen bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries, according to official sources on Sunday.
At the invitation of Myanmar President U Thein Sein, the Thai prime minister will pay the visit in the near future, the official the New Light of Myanmar daily reported on Sunday.
The visit would be the Thai prime minister's first time visit to the country after taking office, following her trip to Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos later September.
The two sides will have discussions on enhancing bilateral relations and economic cooperation, some local traders said.
According to earlier report, bilateral trade between Myanmar and Thailand hit 2.9 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2010- 11, decreasing by 18 percent correspondingly.
Thailand stood first in Myanmar's foreign trade partner line-up during the year, followed by China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea.
Statistics also show that Thailand represented the second in Myanmar's foreign investment line-up with 9.568 billion dollars in 61 projects.
Editor: Chen Zhi
English.news.cn   2011-10-02 11:31:45    FeedbackPrintRSS
YANGON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua)